Archerva. | EPACRIDEX. 417 
A small genus of 5 species, confined to New Zealand and Tasmania. It 
differs from Hpacris mainly in habit, in the deciduous bracts, and in the posi- 
tion of the style. 
Leaves 1-14 in., obovate-oblong ae a -. lL. A. racemosa. 
Leaves 4—?in., lanceolate 6 as at «=» 2 A. Traversvi. 
1. A. racemosa, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fil. 180.— An erect 
much-branched shrub 6-15 it. high; bark black; branches spread- 
ing. Leaves scattered at intervals so as to appear almost 
whorled, spreading, 1-1} in. long, 4-4in. broad, obovate-oblong or 
elliptic- -oblong, acute, sometimes ‘almost pungent, narrowed into 
a verv short petiole or almost sessile, flat, rigid and coriaceous ; 
yeins reticulated. Racemes terminating the branches, solitary 
or 2-3 together, 1—2in. long, 10-26- flowered ; rhachis pubescent ; 
pedicels short, stout, curved. Bracts coloured, caducous ; a large 
leaf-like one at the base of each pedicel, and 2 smaller and 
narrower ones just below the flower. Sepals oblong-lanceolate ; 
margins membranous, ciliolate. Corolla tin. long, pink; tube 
short and broad; lobes short, spreading, ovate-triangular, obtuse. 
Style short, stout. Capsule small, clobose, Lin. diam. —Hpacris 
racemosa, Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 167. 
Nortu Istanp: Great aeniee Island, Sinclair, Kirk ! Little Barrier Island, 
Shakespear! T. F.C.; Thames goldfields, Kirk, Adams! T. #.C.; Kast Cape 
district, Bishop Williams ! 500-2800 ft. January—February. 
The large concave bracts entirely hide the young racemes, but fall off as soon 
as the flowers commence to expand. 
2. A. Traversii, Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 180.—A large much- 
branched shrub 6-15 ft. high ; bark dark-brown ; branches spreading. 
Leaves scattered, spreading, 3-3 1n. long, lanceolate or linear- 
lanceolate, acute, thick and coriaceous, quite glabrous, smooth and 
shining above, midrib distinct beneath ; margins recurved, often 
ciliolate. eeonies terminal, 4-1 in. long, eLisdoweredt: rhachis 
and pedicels pubescent. Bracts oblong, membranous, caducous, 
falling away as soon as the flowers commence to open. Sepals 
oblong, obtuse, striate; margins membranous, ciliolate. Corolla 
$-tin. long, campanulate, reddish ; lobes short, spreading. 
Style very short, stout. Capsule minute, depressed, ;4,in. diam. 
Var. australis, Hook. f. l.c. 735.—Stouter. Leaves longer and broader, 
$-?in., elliptical-lanceolate or oblong, obtuse or subacure. Flowers rather 
longer. 
SoutH Isntanp: Nelson—Aorere Valley, Travers; Mount Arthur Plateau, 
T. F. C.; Brunner Range, Townson! Canterbury and Westland—Bealey Gorge 
and Arthur’s Pass, Kirk! Cockayne! T. F. C.; Browning’s Pass, Haast! 
Rangitaipo, Petrie! Otago—Lake Wanaka, Buchanan! Clinton Valley, 
Reece and Hollyford Valleys, Petrie! Var. australis: Common in the sounds 
of the south-west of Otago, Hector and Buchanan! StHwart Isuanp: Mount 
Anglem, Kirk ! Sea-level to 4000 ft. January—Hebruary. 
14—Fl. 
